Former National Endowment for the Arts chairman John Frohnmayer said he will announce his political plans Wednesday, and many expect he'll enter the U.S. Senate race as an independent.

Frohnmayer scheduled press events in Salem and Portland, followed by Eugene and Springfield on Thursday and Medford and Ashland on Friday.

Frohnmayer is an attorney and brother of University of Oregon President and former Attorney General Dave Frohnmayer.

He rose to national prominence when overseeing arts funding during the first George Bush administration.

Oregon's Senate race looms as one of the most competitive in the country in 2008.

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Frohnmayer to announce Independent bid for Senate?

According to the Portland Tribune, former chair of the National Endowment for the Arts, John Frohnmayer is considering a bid for the U.S. Senate.

From the Trib...

Of late, the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee has been casting about desperately for a candidate to challenge Oregon Sen. Gordon Smith, causing speculation to arise even about nonpoliticians like John Russell.

In comparison to such speculation, however, one name sounds like a sure thing – John Frohnmayer. The only catch? He’s not a Democrat.

Frohnmayer, brother of former Oregon Attorney General Dave Frohnmayer and an art historian at Oregon State University, is a former chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts under George H.W. Bush.

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